Insect-trap.



' G. DITTMANNf INSECT TRAP.

'APPLIGATION IfILI-ZD 10110.8, 1906;

PATBNTED P131219, 1907. I

GUSTAV DITTMANN, OF GARWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

INSECT-TRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed December 8, 1906. Serial No. 346.971.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsTAv DITTMANN, a citizen of. the United States, residing at Garwood, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Insect-Traps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in insect-traps and the object of the invention is to produce a simple and efficient device of this nature comprising, essentially, a receptacle adapted to contain a suitable preparation to be fed to a strap passing through the receptacle, being applied thereto as the strap is pulled in one direction or the other, thereby affording a sticky surface tothe strap to which insects will adhere, the ends of the strap being provided with rings whereby the device may be hung up from one end or the other and drawn through the receptacle and causing the flies to be scraped from the opposite faces of the strap.

The invention consists, further, in the provision of an insect-trap consisting of a receptacle having means for guiding the strap as it is drawn centrally through the receptacle and consisting of springs, which are bent in such a manner that they will serve as guides to the strap, the ends and central portions of the springs bearing against the inner surface of the receptacle.

My invention is illustrated in the accomp anying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the same.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a receptacle, which may be of anysuitable size or shape and adapted to contain a sticky sub stance. Preferably the receptacle is flat and of the shape illustrated in the drawings.

D D designate two springs, preferably of the width of the receptacle in which they are held, and each spring has a curved portion, which contacts at D with the inner face of the edges of the receptacle and is again bent at E, and the ends of each spring are turned into rolls F, which are in contact with the inner surface of the edge of the receptacle adjacent to the ends thereof. Two springs are shown in the drawings bent in a similar manner and fastened one to each side of the receptacle with slight spaces intervening between the bent portions E suflicient to receive the strap H, which passes centrally through slots formed in the pointed ends of the receptacle. An eye or ring K is fastened to each end of the strap, whereby the device may be hung up.

By the provision of the springs shown and described when the strap is drawn through the receptacle the curved portions of the springs will serve to cause the material within the receptacle to coat the opposite faces thereof as the strap is moved in one direction or the other through the receptacle and at the same time serve as a guide to the strap. As the strap is drawn out of the receptacle a fresh sup ly of the material within the receptacle will attract insects, which coming in contact therewith will be held to the strap, and from time to time the strap may be drawn through the receptacle, the insects being scraped from the surfaces of the strap at the marginal edges N of the slots in the ends of the receptacle.

From the foregoing it will be noted that by the provision of the apparatus shown and described a simple and eflicient device is afforded for readily catching insects and so constructed that the strap, which passes throu h the receptacle, will be thoroughly coate with the material, which is of an adhesive nature, thereby insuring a sufficient coating upon the surface of the strap to hold any insects which may come in contact therewith.

What I claim is- An insect-trap consisting of a receptacle having its opposite faces fiat, the ends of the receptacle tapering and provided with a slot at the apex of each tapering part, springs which are bent U-shaped and bearing at ends of the receptacle and between the bent their longitudinal centers against the inner portions of said springs, as set forth. :0 surfaces of the sides of the receptacle, each In testimony whereof I hereunto afiiX my spring being inwardly bent with slight spaces signature in the presence of two witnesses.

5 intervening between the same, the ends of GUSTAV DITTMANN.

the springs being turned into rolls and. bear- Witnesses: ing against the curved ends of the receptacle, THOMAS RENNER,

and a strap passing through the slots in the HENRY H. HEFELE. 

